The church fundraising campaign is officially over! I have been so impressed by the generosity of
people who have no connection to Rwanda but still cared enough to donate. In total I raised
$3,620!
This exceeded all my expectations!
Because there are so many fees involved with transferring money into Rwanda and then converting it, I had to withdraw all the money in dollars (some of which was in my account and most was in the Benebikira Sisters’ school account) then go to the capital, Kigali, and convert it all into francs. THEN go to another bank and put the cash into the church’s construction account. It was a bit stressful to be walking around the city with more cash than most people make in a year!
Because there are so many fees involved with transferring money into Rwanda and then converting it, I had to withdraw all the money in dollars (some of which was in my account and most was in the Benebikira Sisters’ school account) then go to the capital, Kigali, and convert it all into francs. THEN go to another bank and put the cash into the church’s construction account. It was a bit stressful to be walking around the city with more cash than most people make in a year!
The money will now be used to complete construction projects
in the building. It is enough to buy
144.8 benches at $25 a piece or for any other project they may wish to work on. You can be sure I will keep the blog updated
with a final construction photo before I leave Nyamata in November!
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